Clothesline clamp



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lllhlllTlElfD) ANTON BETTINARDI, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHESLINE CLAMP.

Application filed April 18, 1922.

T all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, ANTON BETTINARDI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aClothesline Clamp, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clamping devices and more particularly to anovel. and improved clothes line clamp wherein the slack in the rope maybe easily taken up with facility and case to render the clothes linetaut and prevent sagging between its ends.

The primary object or" the invention is the provision of clothes lineclamp where in the body of the said clamp may be formed of a singlepiece of metal permitting one end of the clothes line to be securedthereto and the opposite end secured and clamped thereon in properposition to render the clothes line taut.

A continued and important object of the invention is the provision of aclothes line clamp wherein one end of the rope may be trainedtherethrough and the opposite end secured to the body of the clampincluding lever operating means pivotally connected to the struck upsides of said clamp whereby the rope may be properly secured when thesame is drawn tightly between the pulley supporting members.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter "fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out inthe subject matter being claimed. it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size and minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the clamp.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section.

Figure 3 is a detail section of the pivotal connection.

Figure 4ris a view showing the invention and its application.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 5 designatesany conventional support having a hook 6 and pulley 7 suspendedtherefrom and numeral 8 designates a corresponding pulley secured to ahook 9 or Serial No. 554,921.

other fastening element for supporting the clothes line 10. The clampingdevice proper consists of a substantially rectangular piece of metal 11,the ends 12 and 13 of which are struck upwardly and downwardly inopposite directions each being provided with an aperture for receivingthe clothes line above referred to.

The downwardly struck portion 13 is adapted to secure the knotted end ofthe clothes line and as shown, the opposite end of the line is trainedthrough the aperture in the upwardly struck portion 12 and 6X- tendsbetween a pair of ears 1a struck .up from the material or body 11 of theclamp substantially intermediate the ends thereof. A curved lever arm 15pivotally supported on the transversely extending pin 16 between theears 14 is provided with an enlarged head 17 the bottom of which isformed with a curved groove 15 which clamps the free end of the clothesline on the base of the clamp body. The curved end 15 of the lever arm15 is so disposed that the same can easily be raised from its full tothe dotted line position to release the rope so that when the free endof the same is gripped and pu led, the clothes line can-be made taut andthe lever 15 depressed to its look ing position thus clamping the rope.

While I have illustrated and, described my invention with some degree ofparticularity, I realize that in practice various alterations thereinmay be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing theform 01" the details of construction or otherwise altering thearrangement of the correlated. parts without departing from the spiritof the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is A rope clamp of the classdescribed comprising a plate having oppositely disposed bent endsprovided with apertures to receive a rope trained therethrough thematerial of said plate having upwardly struck ears on each side thereofand substantially intermediate the ends, a curved lever pivotallyconnected to the said ears, said lever having an enlarged grooved headat its pivoted connection for clamping a rope on the plate.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ANTON BETTINDI. [n a]

